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enThis survey is about family, work and everyday life. Your answers will help us understand the complexities of today's families and the reality of people at different stages of their life. Our aim is to better understand, for example, what influences people's decision to have children or how they share household chores in couples. The results will be used to advise policy-makers on how to improve issues such as work-life balance, social relationships between generations and gender equality. Your participation is voluntary. If you don't want to answer any of the questions as some of them deal with sensitive topics, you are free to skip these at any point by choosing the response option 'refuse'. We will remove all personal identifiers from the data and ensure that your answers are only accessed by authorized and verified researchers for scientific purposes.
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SECTION 1/9: About you...
Let me begin by asking you a few questions about yourself.
What is your gender?
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Were you born in this country?
enIn which region were you born?
enIn which region do you currently live?
enWhich of the items best describes your current employment status?
If you are evenly split between two or more of these activities, select the one which you feel best describes your current situation.
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Please select the education level that corresponds most closely to the highest level of education you have completed.
Now I would like to ask you some questions about your accommodation.
enHow many rooms do you have?
Exclude kitchen, bathrooms, toilets and rooms used exclusively for business, hallways and utility rooms
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enDoes your household own or rent this accommodation or does it come rent free?
enHow satisfied are you with your accommodation?
On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with your accommodation?
Do you have internet at home?
enOn a typical day, about how many hours do you spend using the internet on a computer, tablet, mobile or smartphone or other device, whether for work or personal use?
enWhat language do you most frequently speak at home?
enWhere did you live three years ago from today?
enWhat was the main reason for moving to this address?
enDo you intend to move to another address in {{acountry}} within the next 3 years?
enDo you intend to move to another country within the next 3 years?
enThis survey focuses on families and relationships, including both opposite and same sex partnerships. Do you have a partner at the moment?
enHow did you and your partner meet?
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enIs your partner...
enWas your partner born in {{acountry}?}
enWhat is the highest level of education your partner has successfully completed?
Please select the education level that corresponds most closely to the highest level of education he/she has completed.
Which of the items best describes your partner's current employment status?
If he or she is evenly split between two or more of these activities, select the one which you feel best describes his or her current situation.
For the past six months at least, to what extent has your partner been limited because of a health problem in activities people usually do? Would you say they have been...
enAre you and your partner legally married?
enAre you and your partner living in a registered partnership?
enDoes your partner live with you in the same household?
enDo you intend to start living with your partner during the next 3 years?
enDo you intend to just live together or will you get married straight away?
enDo you intend to marry your partner during the next 3 years?
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enAre you living apart because you and/or your partner want to or because circumstances prevent you from living together?
enWhy do you (Respondent) want to live apart? Please choose the most important reason.
enWhy does your partner want to live apart? Please choose the most important reason.
enBy which circumstances? Please choose the most important circumstances.
enHave you ever been legally married to him/her?
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enHow often do you meet with him/her in person?
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enHow often do you have contact with him/her by phone, mail, email or any other electronic means?
enHow satisfied are you with your relationship with your partner?
On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with your relationship?
Within the last 12 months, how often did you and your partner have disagreement about...
en...household chores?
en...money?
en...use of leisure time?
en...relations with friends?
en...relations with parents?
en...having children?
en...child raising issues?
enCouples deal with serious disagreements in various ways. When you have a serious disagreement with your partner, how often do you....
en...avoid discussion by giving in?
en...discuss your disagreement calmly?
en...argue heatedly or shout?
en...refuse to talk about it?
enEven people who get along well with their partners sometimes wonder whether their marriage or partnership will work. Over the past 12 months, have you thought about breaking up your relationship?
enDo you and your partner have children together? Please consider only the children of whom you are the biological parents as well as children born via donor conception or surrogacy.
enHow many biological children have you had together (including children born via donor conception or surrogacy)?
enHave you and your partner adopted children together?
enHow many children have you adopted with your partner?
enHas your partner had any children of her/his own?
enHow many children has she/he had without you?
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SECTION 2/9: About your relationships and children...
Now we would like to ask some questions about previous relationships and the children that you might have had. It is really important for us to understand what and when things happened so that we can better understand your story.
Not including any current partnership, have you ever before lived with someone as a couple or have you ever been married?
enNot including your current relationship, how many partnerships did you have where you lived together?
enTo help us with guiding you through the next few questions, please provide the names of all these previous partners.
You can use pseudonyms or descriptions instead of names if you prefer and this information will be deleted at the end of the interview.
Name of previous partner
enHow did you and {{LHI03_[I]}} meet?
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enWere you and {{LHI03_[I]}} legally married?
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enHave you and {{LHI03_[I]}} had children together? Please consider only the children of whom you are the biological parents as well as children born via donor conception or surrogacy.
enHow many biological children have you had together(including children born via donor conception or surrogacy)?
enHave you and {{LHI03_[I]}} adopted any children?
enHow many children have you and {{LHI03_[I]}} adopted?
enWhen you started living together had {{LHI03_[I]}} already had children of his or her own?
enHow many children did {{LHI03_[I]}} have?
enHow did this partnership end?
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enDid you and {{LHI03_[I]}} get divorced?
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enWho started the legal process of divorce?
enOur survey also includes same sex partnerships. Was {{LHI03_[I]}} the same sex as you?
enHave you had any children with someone you have never lived with?
enHow many children have you had with someone you never lived with?
enBased on the information you have provided you had {{numbiol}} biological children, {{numadopt}} adopted children and {{numstep}} stepchildren. Is this correct?
Please also include children who passed away.
A stepchild is a child of a partner or an ex-partner from a relationship they had before you.
How many biological children have you had in total (including children born via donor conception or surrogacy)?
enHow many step children do you have in total?
enHow many adopted children do you have in total?
enName of Child
enName of Child
enIs {{LHI24_[I]}} still alive?
enPlease indicate if {{LHI24_[I]}} is...
enWho is the (other) parent of {{LHI24_[I]}?}
enIs {{LHI24_[I]}} ...
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enIs {{LHI24_[I]}} currently living in the same household with you?
enWhere does the child stay the rest of the time?
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enHow many nights does {{LHI24_[I]}} spend in your household on average per week?
enWhich of the items best describes what {{LHI24_[I]}} is mainly doing at present?
enFor the past six months at least, to what extent has {{LHI24_[I]}} been limited because of a health problem in activities people usually do? Would you say they have been...
enHow is {{LHI24_[I]}'s} health in general?
enHas {{LHI24_[I]}} ever lived with you in the same household for more than 3 months?
enHow often do you meet with {{LHI24_[I]}} in person?
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enHow often do you have contact with {{LHI24_[I]}} by phone, mail, email or any other electronic means?
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enHow satisfied are you with your relationship with {{LHI24_[I]}?}
On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with your relationship?
SECTION 3/9: About sexual health and fertility...
This section includes some sensitive questions. Please remember that your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Do you intend to have a/another child during the next three years? Please take into account only biological children.
enSupposing you do not have a/another child during the next three years, do you intend to have any (more) children at all?
enHow many more children - including biological and adoptive children - do you intend to have overall? [Not including existing children]
enEven though you might not intend to have a/another child, we would still want your opinion about this possibility. Suppose that during the next 3 years you were to have a/another child. I would like you to tell me what effect you think this would have on various aspects of your life
enthe possibility to do what you want
enthe amount of money you can spend
enthe possibility to realize other goals in life
enthe joy and satisfaction you get from life
enyour employment opportunities
enyour partner's employment opportunities
enthe care and security you may get in old age
enthe closeness between you and your partner
enThe next statements are about conditions that might need to be fulfilled before people have a/another child.
Regardless if you plan to have a child or not, I would like to ask you whether you believe these conditions will be fulfilled, for you, in the next three years.
I will be able to financially afford to have a/another child
enI will have access to suitable housing to allow me to have a/another child
enI will be healthy enough to have a/another child
enI will feel ready to have a/another child
enI will have a suitable partner with whom to have a/another child
enI will be able to balance my work and family life if I have a/another child
enMy partner will be healthy enough to have a/another child
enI will have access to satisfactory childcare if I have a/another child
enI will have access to sufficient parental leave if I have a/another child
enThe next statements are about what other people might think about you having a/another child during the next 3 years.
Please indicate to what extent you agree or disagree with these statements.
Most of my friends think I should have a/another child
enMy parents think I should have a/another child
enMy partner thinks we should have a/another child
enGenerally speaking, what do you think is the ideal number of children for a family?
enFor you personally, what would be the ideal number of children you would like to have or would have liked to have had?
enWould you prefer your first/next child to be a boy or a girl?
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enJust before this pregnancy began, did you yourself intend to have a/another baby at some time?
enDid this pregnancy occur sooner than you wanted, later than you wanted, or at about the right time?
enWhen your youngest child was conceived, did you yourself intend to have a/another baby?
enDid this pregnancy occur sooner than you wanted, later than you wanted, or at about the right time?
enWas there ever a time when you and a partner were trying to get pregnant but did not conceive within at least 12 months?
enHas your menstrual cycle been restored since your last pregnancy?
enSome people are not physically able to have children. As far as you know, is it physically possible for you, yourself, to have a/another baby?
enHave you been sterilised or have you had an operation that makes it impossible for you to have a child/ more children?
enHave you been diagnosed with anything that might explain why you might not be able to have (more) children? Please choose all that apply to you.
enAs far as you know, is it physically possible for your current partner to have a child of his/her own if he/she wanted to?
enHas your partner ever been sterilised or had an operation that makes it impossible for him/her to have a child/ more children?
enAre you or your current partner trying to get pregnant?
enHave you or your partner ever done any of these things to help you get pregnant? Please select all of the things you have been doing.
enAre you or your partner using or doing any of these things to prevent pregnancy at this time? Please name all of the things you use or do.
enWho usually decides on using contraception?
enDid you have sexual intercourse in the past 4 weeks?
enCan you say no to your partner if you do not want to have sexual intercourse?
enHow old were you when your menstruation started?
enHow old were you when you started menopause? If you have not started menopause, select not applicable
enHow old were you when your voice began to deepen?
enHow old were you when you first had sexual intercourse? If you have not had sexual intercourse, select not applicable
enThere are many reasons why people choose to have children or not. Please indicate how important the following reasons are to you personally.
enStrong maternal / paternal instincts
enHaving a child makes the parents' relationship stronger
enHaving a child means parents fulfil their religious values about family life
enHaving a child brings lifelong happiness
enThe child is a confirmation of the parent's fertility
enGuiding and teaching a child is greatly satisfying to parents
enOn this page you will find more reasons. Please indicate how important each of them are to you personally.
enPregnancy and delivery are strenuous for women
enBeing responsible for your child is very difficult
enRaising a child limits parents’ freedom to do other things
enRaising a child is a great burden on parents’ time and energy
enIt is difficult to combine work and childrearing
enHaving a child adds strain to the relationship between the parents
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SECTION 4/9: About your household...
The next questions are about all other persons who live in your household.
Does anybody else live with you in this household (apart from your partner and biological, adopted or stepchildren) ?
Please also consider individuals who are household members only part of the time.
How many other people live in your household (apart from your partner and biological, adopted or stepchildren)?
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enName of Other Household Member
enIs {{HHD02_[I]}} away on business, at school, at boarding school, at university, in hospital or somewhere else?
enWhat is {{HHD02_[I]}} relationship to you?
enIs {{HHD02_[I]}} ...
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enWhich of the items best describes what {{HHD02_[I]}} is mainly doing at present?
enHow satisfied are you with your relationship with {{HHD02_[I]}?}
On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with your relationship?
For the past six months at least, to what extent has {{HHD02_[I]}} been limited because of a health problem in activities people usually do? Would you say they have been...
enThe next questions are about who does what in your household. Please indicate who does the following tasks in your household.
enPreparing daily meals
enVacuum cleaning the house
enDoing the laundry
enDoing small repairs in and around the house
enPaying bills and keeping financial records
enOrganising joint social activities
enHow satisfied are you with the division of household tasks between you and your partner? On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with the division of household tasks?
enThe next statements are about various tasks that have to be done when one lives together with children. Please indicate, who in your household does these tasks?
enDressing the children or seeing that the children are properly dressed
enStaying at home with the children when they are ill
enPlaying with the children and/or taking part in leisure activities with them
enPutting the children to bed
enHelping the children with homework
enHow satisfied are you with the way childcare tasks are divided between you and your partner?
On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 10 means ‘completely satisfied’ and 5 means ‘about average’, what number best represents your satisfaction with the way childcare tasks are divided?
The next questions are about decisions. Who makes decisions about the following issues in your household?
enRoutine purchases for the household
enOccasional more expensive purchases for the household
enThe time you spend in paid work
enThe time your partner spends in paid work
enHow do you and your partner organise your household income? Which of the items fits best?
enHow do you manage your monthly expenses that you have together (e.g. rent, food, etc.)?
enOver the last 12 months, have you received regular help with childcare from relatives or friends or other people for whom caring for children is not their primary occupation?
enWhich people have provided you with regular help with childcare?
Only include people for whom caring for children is not their primary occupation.
How frequently did you receive help with childcare?
enhours per...
enWere any of these individuals paid for their help?
enDo you get regular help with childcare from a day care centre, a nursery or pre-school, an after school care centre, a self-organised childcare group, a babysitter, or from some other institutional or paid arrangement?
enPlease name all the alternatives that are regularly used.
enHow much does your household usually pay for childcare, if anything?
enDoes your household regularly pay someone to do housework?
enOver the last 12 months, have you given help with childcare to other people?
If the provision of childcare is your job, please consider only the help you have given outside your professional activities.
To whom have you given this help? Please select all answers that apply.
enOver the last 12 months, have you received regular help with household tasks from people for whom these household chores are not their professional job?
Household tasks include such things as preparing daily meals, vacuum cleaning the house, doing the laundry, doing small repairs in and around the house, paying bills and keeping financial records.
Which people have provided you with regular help with household tasks?
Only include people for whom these household chores are not their professional job.
Household tasks include such things as preparing daily meals, vacuum cleaning the house, doing the laundry, doing small repairs in and around the house, paying bills and keeping financial records.
During the last 12 months, have you given regular help with household tasks to people who do not live in your household? If taking care of household tasks is your job, please consider only the help you have given outside your professional activities.
Household tasks include such things as preparing daily meals, vacuum cleaning the house, doing the laundry, doing small repairs in and around the house, paying bills and keeping financial records.
To whom have you given this help? Please select all that apply.
Household tasks include such things as preparing daily meals, vacuum cleaning the house, doing the laundry, doing small repairs in and around the house, paying bills and keeping financial records.
SECTION 5/9: About your background and childhood...
We will now ask you some questions about your parents, background and childhood.
Is your biological father still alive?
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